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THE STATE TICKET.
For Governor,
ALLEN D. CANDLER, of Hall.
For Secretary of State,
MARK A. HARDEN, of Bartow.
For Comptroller-General,
W. A. WRIGHT, of Richmond.
For Attorney-General,
JOSEPH M. TERRELL, of Mer
riwethor.
For Treasurer.
W. M. SPEER, of Fulton.
For Commiaioner of Agriculture,
o. B. STEVENS, of Terrell.
For School Commissioner,
G. R. GLENN, of Bibb.
Shall This Thing Be?
Next Friday is the day set for the ex
ecution of the death sentence on Mrs. Eli
zabeth Nobb s, whose case has been in the
courts for the past three -years and who
is now confined in the Bibb county jail
calmly and unconcernedly awaiting a fate
the hoiror of which she is not capable of
comprehending.
No matter what those who have viewed
this case from a distance may say, it is a
fact, apparent to all who have come in con
tact with this old woman and who have
informed tbetnst Ives as to tile details of
her horrible crime, that she as little com
prehended at the time the full import of
the cruel, unnatural act which sent her
ag< d spouse into eternity as she now com
prehends the seriousness of her situation
—or as she has comprehended any feature
of her ease Hom the beginning up to this
'time.
'But under the law’s iron decree she is
to lie taken from jail next Friday and
strangled to death on a gallows. Amt men
who call themselves brave and manly, who
hope for forgiveness themselves hereafter
and who believe in justice and moderation,
will applaud this crime against humanity,
committed 'to avenge another but more
excusable crime. .Men who claim women
for motliers and women for grandmothers
will look upon this ..aged woman dangling
from the end of a rope and say “This is
justice.”
No, they could not witness the deed
actually committed and call it such—for
we do not believe any true man could see
this feeble-minded old grandmother drag
ged to the scaffold without instinctively
feeling that the scene being enacted was
worthy of the dark ages. Without feeling
when looking into her expressionless face
sind upon her deerepid form, even if he
had not so felt before, that there is such
ti thing as overdoing justice.
It may lie easy enough for the callous
and unthinking to prate about her fiendish
eiime and rank of the law’s delay in her
ease whin viewing it from a distance. It
.may even be possible for high public
otlieials, who hold her life and the state’s
honor and good name in their hands, to
bctjiside feelings of humanity and follow
(the exact letter of the .law in deciding her
Bate at long range. But we do not believe
there is a man or woman worthy to be her
critic or to sit in judgment upon her who,
after seeing her in person and as she is,
can, with .a clear conscience, deliver her
over to the hangsman. Certainly not. one
who can do so and then kneel at night and
Kay “Lord forgive me my sins.”
But so far as we shall essay to plead
for commutation of the death sentence in
nhe case of this aged creature, we do not
propose to base our plea on any sickly
«‘ry for mercy. Not even the mercy which
we all ask when we approach daily and
niightly the Power on High and plead to
have our sins remitted. Sins which we
commit knowingly and in the full posses
sion of our mental facilities—but which
nve ask to have excused on the ground
of inherent weakness.
Me do not ery MERCY; we simply ask
for JUSTICE. We demand it in behalf of
our proud state, whose motto is “wisdom,
justice, moderation.” And we here and
siow prophesy that if those in authority
have not the moral courage to defy unin
formed, and consequently unfeeling, and
•therefore untrustworthy.- public opinion in
<this instance, the day will come when pub
lic opinion, being then able to view this
ease more rationally and more calmly, will
condemn and despise those who allowed
she disgrace of such an execution to be
Suit upon their state.
Me know and frankly admit that there
ss. in a certain quarter, a sort of clapior
Bor the death of this aged creature. But
even those who still insist on the death
penalty are not as clamorous as they were
nt first. Then they would have so far for
got the mothers who gave them birth as
<o lynch this helpless, feeble-minded old
voman. Her presence in the Bibb county
jail today is the result of this feeling on
rhe part of certain people in the county
in which her crime was committed—if we
can call the outcome of mental collapse
L crime. But today even these blood
thirsty few are content to see her stran
gled to death in a formal and legal man
ner. Who can say that they are not con
trolled now more by their stubbornness,
their unwillingness to yield, than by
“ sense of right and justice? Even many
who—though unwilling to resort to mob
violence—held out for the death penalty
in the beginning have come to the con
clusion that their judgment was warped
by the shocking nature ot the crime. They
did not take into consideration the old
■woman’s unfortunate mental condition—
■which made Mrs. Nobles, herself, as much
u victim of her act as the husband whose
death it caused. Among those who have
bo changed in their views is a member’of
the jury which so hastily convicted her.
land whose too hasty action forever -shut
the doors of the court to those who, real
izing her pitiable condition, sought to have
righted the wrong thus perpetrated.
We say closed .the doors of the courts,
for although her case has been before the
public for the past three years, it is a fact
.that she -has had but one trial—and that
one under circumstances which would
have forced from almost any jury- the death
penalty for a raving maniac. Although
this plea for justice has been carried be
fore every court from Twiggs county to I
the supreme tribunals of the state and '
nation, Mrs. Nobles has had but one trial i
—and that one so farcical as to disgrace ■
our system of criminal jurisprudence.
As well have allowed the mob that !
gathered at the scene of her crazy deed to j
sit in judgment upon her as to have haul- j
ed her a few hours or days later before :
members of the same mob, or at best the .
z&me public, assembled under the guise of ’
formality and under warrant of law. As I
well have left the question of her mental j
condition, her moral responsibility, to the
first-formed mob .as not to have presented
the matter at all.
For upon this point alone hinged the
re-al question of her real guilt or inno
cence. That she committed or aided in the
crime was known. She did not deny it.
She didn't have sense enough to deny it.
The whole issue then was her mental re
sponsibility. And this point was not even
considered upon THE FIRST AND ONLY
TRIAL ot her ease.
And because it was not then and there
considered, an of "the superior tribunals
which nave been repeatedly sought in a de
termined effort to have this old woman’s
sanity tested, have each time answered:
“M’e cannot help you—the doors of the
courts are closed to you. It is too late;
ail this should have been done on the first
trial of the case.”
And so the doors of the coui ts have re
mained closed, and are still closed. Be
cause this old woman’s meatal condition
was not investigated on toe first and only
trial of the case, there is not enough law
and not enough justice in this country to
re-instate her in her rights—or, rather, to
give the state of Georgia a chance to undo
the wrong that has been done; tor, after
all, it is the state itself that has the most
at stake. The loss of such a life cannot
mean much to to the creature who
is burdened with it, nor to her
friends or relatives. Even in the
natural course of nature, it could not be
iong before her bouts, are rotting in
the grave of her soul gone to stand
judgment before the only tribunal whose
decree can have any importance in this
case. But the state ot Georgia has more
involved. Il can better afford even to de
part from the exact letter of the law than
to hang a woman under any circumstances.
Bui it can uphold the law and, at the same
time, save itself from an indelli-bie stain
oy excusing, if not justifying, Mrs. Nobles’
rime, on the ground of menial incom
petency.
And when we say she was then, and is
now, of unsound mind, we do not rely
upon that class ot evidence that is always
too easily available when the insanity
lodge must be resorted to in order to save
a guilty wretch from just punishment.
We base our belief upon actual knowledge
of the subject herself, as well as upon
evidence of hereditary .taints that no ex
pert and no court of justice would ignore.
Not only knowledge ot her condition ac
quired by earnest and impartial investiga
tion, but evidence that would convince any
fair-minded man that there is more than
a reasonable doubt of her soundness of
mind. Evidence that today wood save any
criminal from punishment if considered
by any unbiased jury. But evidence that
was not even offered the jury that convict
ed this aged woman-, without more than
the semblance of a hearing. Evidence that
was either not available or not desired
upon the FIRST AND ONLY trial of her
ease, and that has never yet been consid
ered by any legal tribunal. Evidence that
establishes, beyond the shadow of a doubt,
proof of hereditary insanity in- both
branches of her family. Not the insanity
that startled or even disturbed the neigh
bors, but a form of imbecility that usually
propagates harmless idiots —though occa
sionally afflicting its victims with period
ical spells of violence. Evidence that
would convince anyone of the impossibil
ity of a sound intellect emanating from
such a source. Evidence to show that
female ancestors ot Mrs. Nobles became
mentally irresponsible and were confined
in an asylum at or about the same age—
their hereditary infirmity being brought
out by change of life, which has fre
quently proven so harrowing ta many wo
men even more fortunately circumstanced
than was this half-witted old backwoods
creature.
And yet all of it evidence that has never
had a hearing, and that, under the iron
decree of the law, cannot have a heating,
unless the Governor or the Pardon Com
mission, through a sense of justice, deter
mine to try this case upon the only
ground that could entitle it to serious
consideration in a court of justice—and
yet the only ground that has not, so far,
been considered at -all.
There are red-handed murderers in the
asylum today who can teach classes in
which Airs. Nobles could not matriculate.
Rightly or wrongly, the/ have had their
sanity tested, but this old woman, less re
sponsible, than more- than halt ot them
and more densely ignorant than even
Marie Barbari, must go to the gallows
without having her mental condition in
quired into.
M'e do not contend that Mrs. Nobles is
now insane in the sense -that is generally
accepted. Ou the contrary, her insanity
is of that type that almost defies detec
tion, except through some act that betrays
an unnatural order of things. Her density,
her impenetrable ignorance, her pitiable
stupidity, amounting practically to im
becility, is as apparent, however, as the
nature of a hog or the mental development
of an orang-outang. And it will- not re
quire expert 'testimony, nor -any other sort
of estimony, to convince reasonable, fair
minded men that it would be a crime for
the state of Georgia to put such a creature,
be it man or woman, to death on the gal
lows. A personal investigation by cur
Pardon Board can, we believe, have but
one result.
And surely her present condition, her
pitiable position should (though her sins
be black as night) at least gain for her
such consideration. It would be to the
credit of the Pardoning Board and to the
credit of the state of Georgia that they
should take extraordinary measures to see
that justice is done the one least able to
gain such recognition.
Here is an old woman, .the mother of
grown men and women, several times n
grandmother, lying helpless and alone In
a prison cell waiting-for the day, not many
hours off, when she shall be bound and
taken to a’ place of execution, there to be
bound still more .tightly and rudely
launched into eternity—the meaning of
which she cannot comprehend. Eyen as
she could not comprehend the real mean
ing and value of life.
There she sits alone in the cheerless cell
that has been her home for now more than
three years. Her ignorance as unyielding,
as impenetrable as the walls which confine
her—an animal in its cage. Deserted even
by her own offspring, forgotten by those
whose own miserable lives are but the out
growth of her own. Not one among all
those whom she—before some evil spirit
or hereditary curse blighted her declining
years bad loved or befriended, upon whom
she can now rely for comfort or advice.
£6v4l
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POWDER
Absolutely Pure
Not one of -her own blood to whom she
can say goodbye before the black-cap is
not one to claim her aged body
after the law has had its way.
Surely if she possessed a mind capable
of receiving any impression, her fate for
the past three years had been worse than
a dozen d-aths. But, as it to recompense
her for the great trouble into which it has
forced her, Nature seems to have rendered
her unmindful of events which would tend
to drive a more intelligent person mad.
And so, no doubt, will Nature shield her
in the end—if upon the gallows it must
be—and she will die with much the same
sensation or display of emotion as an ox
when garroted or a dog when electrocuted,
or any other unreasoning animal when
facing an ordeal which they do not com
prehend and consequently do not fear, ex
cept as animal instinot prompts them to
shun harm. Thus has she lived, and thus
will she die. Unless those who have her
late and Georgia’s honor in their hands
see fit'to let her remain at most a few
months longe, to die such a death as be
fits one of her species -and, more especially,
one of her sex.
Judge Berry’s Attack.
The bcaiciug administered to one Orth
Stein, publisher of the AjdaMa blackmail
ing sheet call-d the Looking Glass, by
Judge Berry, lias been made the subject
for editorial comment by various newspa
peis of the state, and inasmuch as some
of these papers—doubl'tess through a mis
taken feeling of 'fraternal interest in the
object of Judge Berry’s just wrath —have
seen fit to criticise the gentleman who
gave Stein just a little less than he de
served, we feel "compelled, in the interest
of decency and of honest journalism, to
take issue with Judge Berry's critics.
It is unfortunate, we must admit, that a
judge of the court should be compelled to
resort to violence and it is not iniprobalole
that Judge Berry may Ibe made to suf
fer for having done so. But what else
could he do? 'Must a man surrender his
manhood when accepting an official posi
tion-judicial or otherwise? Must he
tamely submit tto ail sorts of cowardly and
libellous attacks because, forsooth, he rep
resents law and order? Wihat other means,
other than those used by Judge Berry, can
a man employ when dealing with such a
person as this iStein? How is he to get
satisfaction except by punching it out of
his cowardly carcass? And how is a gen
tleman to deal with such a creature as
this? Must he accord to persons of Stein’s
known character the formality and def
ference due a gentleman from whom sat
isfaction is demanded? Must he even jeop
ardize his own life when combatting with
a creature whose life is valueless to him
self and a detriment to he world? Know
self and a dert'iiqeut to the world? Know
to shoot and kill all those who resent bis
cowardly attacks, is it incumbent upon
one of Ms victims to give him odds in any
combat that may grow out of one of these
attacks?
We think net. On the contrary, we
think any man would Ibe justified in at
tacking this fellow Stein as he would any
other reptile—hit him as soon as he sees
him, at any time and anywhere. Except
from behind, and there is nothing to show
that Judge Berry hit Stein from behind.
We sympathize with any man who falls
a victim to this creature's cowardly as
saults on character, more especially a pub
lic official who must jeopardize his offi
cial position by doing what human nature
prompts .Kim to do, and we cannot criti
cise 'the one who is moved to just resent
•ment and takes the law into .bis own
hands. 'Nor can we criticise the mode ot
attack —-unless it be that he fails to" us'e
an axe.
A Victory for the Telegraph.
Our Republican morning contemporary
throws its usual ration of boquets at Itself
today—.this time because of a victory it
claims to have won with the State Demo
cratic Executive Committee, which met in
Atlanta yesterday.
The Telegraph, with a characteristic dis
play of modesty, congratulates itself that
it has won this victory—which consists in
having the bars let down to all repentarft
sinners who may -wish to return to the
Democratic fold.
And here, according to the Telegraph’s
own boastful statement, is the victory that
it won:
“Resolved, That the qualifications for
voting at the Democratic primaries shall
be that the voter be a .Democrat and that
he .will vote for the Democratic nominee
in said election.
“(This declaration not being intended to
prevent the participation of any voter who
has not heretofore been a member of the
Democratic party, but who wishes now to
become so).”
Thus will the Telegraph and others of
its ilk be allowed to come back into the
party. Not, only the Telegraph, but “any
voter who has not heretofore been a mem
ber of the Democratic party, but who
wishes now to become so.” Which, of
course, includes all other Republicans, as
well as Populists and Biilbynumites.
It is a victory, indeed, and we congrat
ulate the Telegraph upon the opportunity
offered it to get back into the party. It
only remains now to be seen whether or
net the Telegraph will avail itself of this
opportunity,
Early Primaries.
The action of the State Democratic Ex
ecutive Committee in deciding that all
county primaries shall be held in this
state on June 6th will, we think, meet
with the approval of everyone who is not
so blinded by partisan prejudice as to be
unable to see that the interests of -the
Democratic < party and of the people of
Georgia lie in early primaries—a cessa
tion, as soon as- possible, of the political
strife '.hat always so disturbs and embit
ters cur people.
It is idle to say the early primary favors
one candidate over another, for the simple
reason that three months, as all politi
cians will agree, is sufficient time for a
thorough canvass of the state. By hold
ing all the primaries on the same day and
co early in the year, our farmers and bus
iness mtn will not be so much interfered
with as heretofore—an arrangement that
cannot fail to be of benefit.
The election of Kon. Fleming G. ilußig
non as chairman of the State Committee
to succeed Chairman Clay, is just what
should have happened. He was by far the
most available man, and it will be gener
ally conceded that the party’s interests
could not have been placed in more worthy
or abler hands.
According ot the figures compiled by the
Chattanooga Tradesman, the number of
; eotton mills In the South, active and in
active, is stated at 433, with 95,037 leoms
and 3,546,189 spindles. In this list Ala
bama ranks fourth, being exceeded only
by the Carolinas and Georgia. South Caro
lina leads with 37,011 looms amj 1,192,156
spindles.
We don’t know anything about the di
mensions er armament of the two Brazil
ian gun boats, but if there is anything
in a name we’d rather have the OTHiggins
than the Amazonias when it comes to a
scrap.
Five days of the present week have pass
ed, by, and the Griffin News and Sun is
still for Berner.
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Hours: 11:30 a. in. to 1:30 aud 4:30 tc
5:30 p. m.
Residence 452 College street. 'Phone 728
1)H. J. H SHORTER,.
Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat,
over Sol Hoge’s, corner Mulberry am
Second streets,
I>K. C H PEETE.
Eye. Ear. Nose and Throat
870 Second St
Phone 4*s
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1872 DR J J, SUBEKS 1897
Permanently Located.
In the specialties venereal. Lost En
ergy restored. Female Irregularities cat
Poison Oak. Cure guaranteed.
Address, in confidence, with stamp, Hi
Fourth Street, Macon. Ga.
Dr. M. Marion Apfel,
Physician and Surgeon.
John C. Eads & Co. Building.
Phone 811.
DR. MAURY M. STAPLER.
Eye Ear, Nose and Throat.
506 Mulberry street, Phone 12k.
Miss Belie Berry, of Jeffersonville, Ind.,
is a candidate for mayor on the indepen
dent ticket, announces the Memphis Com
mercial-Appeal. has been making a
very spirited eanvass and she promises to
stand at ths polls and kiss every man who
vcWes her on election- day. The news
papers have printed Miss Belle’s picture,
and f:om it Lie Commercial-Appeal judges
that not even the most susceptible . and
am.itous voter would be' likely to call her
“•Birdie.” She is masculine, almost leo
nine. and .■ ithout training would command
tvcii money in the squared circle in a
“go" to a finish with the chaste Mrs. Fitz
simmons of ’punch-hhn-in-the-slats fame.
■Miss Belle can kiss every mother's son
who votes-for her without difficulty. The
kisses may not escape unscathed, however.
The Hon. 'Bob . Fitzsimmons is no
longer champion of the world,
under the rules of etiquette gov
erning the prize ring. One year ago yes
terday (St. aiPtrick’s Day,) he won the
championship of the world. A.s he has
not accepted any challenges to fight during
the year he' ha's virtually forfeited the’
championship, and it is now open to the
new comers. •
If war is declared the charmingly beau
tiful society maidens may have to quit the
chafingdish clubs and go to knitting socks
for'the soldiers. That’s what the editor of
the recorder had to do in the 60’s. —
Americus Tinies Recorder. .
A woman blessed with the gift of pe
rennial youth can afford to boast of her
experiences thirty odd years ago.
The Albany HerahT rises to remark that
'one of the things tfiiat is becoming more
apparent week after week is that a
South Georgia farmer will be our next
commissioner of agriculture.
The Memphis Commercial-Appeal trusts
that a sufficiency of that $50,900,000 will
be reserved to complete the repairs, im
provements and additions to General
Miles’ uniform.
Ed Durrant, the well known Atlanta
newspaper man, has entered the Fulton
county legislative race. If he can secure
the opposition of the Journal he will have
a walk over.
The A. P. A’s-—or iwhat is left of them—
•will vote the Populist ticket this year. Be
cause the state Democratic executive com
mittee held its .meeting on St. Patrick's
Day.
Has the fact that newspaper men are
exempt from war duty any bearing on the
other Tact that so many of them are jln
goese of the most pronoun'ced type.
The next man who fights Tom Sharkey
would be justified In puting on brass
knucks or carrying a gun, suggests an ex
change.
The Telegraph again libels the State
Democratic 'Committee by claiming to
have influenced the committee in its
action.
S. S. Parmelee
'Latest styles and best makes of
Buggies, Wagons
and Carriages . . .
New stock of Baby Car
riages; the celebrated
Cleveland Bicycle SSO to
$100; Crescent Bicycles,
better than ever before,
S2O to SSO.
1 WiHsam’s Kidney Pilis
*i II:w no equal in diseases of the
Kidneys' and Urinary Organs. Have »
kyou neglected your Kidneys’? Have’
you overworked your nervous sys- $
®tein and caused trouble with yourjl
\ Kidneys and Bladder? Have you f
\ pains in the loins, side, hack,
#and bladder? Have you a flabby an-\
pearance of the face, especially w
Y under the eyes ? Too frequent de-A
£ sire pas:-: urine ? William’s Kidney \
\ Pills will impart new life to the dis- &
w eased organs, tone up the system A
A and make a new man of you. By\
\ mail 50 cents per box. ' S
f W-it.iAM.is MFC. Co.. Props., Cleveland, O. 1
For Sale by 11. J. L,amai & Sons,
Wholesale Agents.
CLAY’S COFFIN STORE.
Oldest exclusive undertaking house in
Macon. Orders by telegraph promptly at
tended to.
Nos. 511 and 513 Mulberry street. Store
’phone 425. Residence 'phone 428
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STYLES FOR SPRING
During this week Messrs? ■ Burdick &
Company will display the most up-to-date
line of imported suitings, vestings, etc.,
for spring that will be seen in Macou this
season. Their cutting and tailoring facili
ties are v«ry superior and their customers
will find it an easy matter to obtain re
sults that # are very pleasing.
Geo. P. BuidleK & Co.,
Importing Tailors.
. ctywr, y
Kitchen
Conveniences.
In my store there are
half a hundred little things that would
make your" housework easier.
Their cost is infinitesimal.
I can’t mention them all.
Best way is to come in and wander
around the store. You’ll see a dozen
things you need and you can get the
whole dozen for a dollar or two.
The store to buy China, Crockery, Glass
ware, wooden ware, Lamps, Stoves and
Housekeeper’s Novelties.
J. W, Domingos
561 Mulberry St.
| Doctor and Cook Agree I
I £3 The folVrw'rg opinions of hiqh authorities on hyqirneam l , cooking, ex- £5
g press the views of all members of the me* 1 , ice I ":i;i culinary professions.
G “Cwtis-.r.-.r- lailhr. a:;i- :.lit-:.-:* • --letsnnratlnmn'4
& value: it r.’-io both clijrotian c-,- • in ftivor with
g Himilntiou Cotto’ene.a Ui«r«. i:h- c’> a’c.l kot< -v-,v ; . aad inteHigent w
« ly wholcHrtei • 1 oml;r.:i: i'.n ;>! t.-aV ’’ .•<
gr beeS sure and pure cj»tt«>s>scert »tii i .■ dr e rr.bL- -si; 1 itittr (I <>ltoieue)
C eminently worthy to Muyorseile iarc i. c •? >r, b-aril ecn-
G for culssiari use.” ' »>. ;;> iic ii. whirls i» has aup- f?
G J. Hobart Ecbert, A. U.. 31. l>„ Ph.D. ' planted.”
g x'nwtie ana -Has ion Harland. £
>5 f.**-''- <i. . t <teacher,
p CO .iNE |
\s links appe* zing food, good health and economy, g
I Genuine ''oitolece is :.1 » t. ten pounrt vr-llow
tlns ' with <.ur ira!e.u.:...:s--f .ss.,l c'tv, 4 .Sen-t in lot/.m- ?$
I 1 <'-'>vat;i-ou,ver 'in. N • ; JU ne<-.: as, .Id iu on v other way. jj
Wade only ty THS hi. K. FAinCAKk COMPANY, ’ 3
Chicaoo, St. Lovis. Nk?' Vs.hk. O
IF. A. GUTTE NBE RG E &C O
422 Second Street.
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PL.
Pianos and Organs.
The celebrated Sohmer & Co. Piano. ORGANS.
The celebrated Ivers & Pond. The Estey Organ.
The reliable Bush & Gerts and numerous The Burdett Organ.
other good makes. The Waterloo- Organ.
I have been selling Plane.? ami Organs for the last twenty-five years and have
always sold and always will sell the very best instruments at the greatest bargains.
■MMW’
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On the Fence
Which divides your garden and chicken runs
depends the success of both.
This is a good time to repair breaks or put up
new fencing.
Heavy wire for hogs and other animals and
lighter weights for chickens. Barbed wire for field
fencing. We can quote better pi ices than any other
house.
FREE AGAIN MONDAY.
On account of the inclement weather last Mon
day we will again give to every lady that calls at our
store a package of Sweet Peas. Also to every one
that has a eow, horse or stock, of any kiud we will
give a sample package of our stock powder.
Sireyer Seed Comp’y,
466 Poplar Street.
ZandlordsT
Do you know that we are the only exclusive rental agents in Ma
con. No other departments. If you are not satisfied with your in
come give us a trial.
A. J. McAfee, Jr., & Co,
357 Third Street.
i TALK IS CHEAP!
||!e- DON’T PAY SIOO FOR A
I TALKING MACHINE
PRICE $n EA 1
COMPLETE i
EXPRESS rAID.U"“ ,
' when you can buy one which for amusement will
make the children happy and cause the old folks tp
r - smile. Complicated machines get out of ordei
THE UNITED STATESTALKING MACHINE
issimple, durable ; no parts to break or get
OJt '*f order. Any child can operate it,
R ne atiy encased in a hard wood box,
• , .’ 11 , 11 1 well finished, size inches,
witn brass hinges and catch; has hearing tubes for two persons, one (Ber
liners Gramophone) record and twenty-five needle points Price complete with one Record
(express charges prepaid). $3.50. weight 4 lbs. Remit by Bank Draft, Express, or Post-
Oftice money order. Agents wanted. For terms and particulars address
united states talking hacking ca., <dept. )57 e. 9th st., new york city.
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War Declared
Against all disease by using DISINFECT
ANT LIME around yard and PLASTICO
and CALSOM FINISH on walls inside.
Send for sample card, etc.
T. C. BURKE.
Get Out tie Wav of Diseases,
u 1
By Kai so ni mining your room with
HOME WALL COLORS,
The finest Disinfectant on th© market. For sale only by
Willingham Sash and Door Co.,
457 THIRD STREET.